Clothesline-protector



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APPLICATlON FILED lULY3 1920 Patented June 7, 1921.

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INVENTOR I A TTORNE'Y" entree stares IRVING SCHENKER, OF ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK.

CLOTHESLINE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 7, 1921.

Application filed July 3, 1920. Serial No. 393,925.

To all u; ham it may concern Be it known that I, IRVING SGHENKER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Ellenville, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Clothesline-Proteotor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to supporting devices for clotheslines and particularly to devices which may be connected to a window frame or to the surrounding part of a house adjacent the frame of a window whereby the inner end of a pulley line may be properly supported and swung in and out through the window. I

- The object in view is to provide an improved construction for clotheslines, whereby clothes may be fastened on to the line inside of the room, thus making it unnecessary to bend out of the window while engaged in the operation of fastening the clothes to the line. I

'Another object in view is to provide an improved construction for pulley lines wherein the line is continually supported in a proper manner to take care of the clothes during the ordinary operation of the line and when shifting the inner end of the line in ancient the window. V

A further object in view is to provide a swinging support for the inner end of a pulley line, which will swing in and out of the window and which may be locked in position outside the window or in a set position inside the window, and which in either position will hold the line in proper place.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a supporting device disclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 approximately on line 2-2, the same being on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the construction shown in Fig. 1, the same being on substan tially the same scale as that shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through Fig. 3 on line 4-4.

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 2except that the supporting arm is swung to an inner position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals 1 indicates a window frame of any desired kind in which an upper sash 2 V and a lower sash 3 are arranged, said sashes being moved to an open position in the usual manner. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the device is mounted so as to be positioned outside of the window completely so that these sashes may move upand down freely. This is true with the exception of a spring catch 4 which is arranged interiorly of the window for locking the swinging arm 5 in position when movedto-its inner position as shown in Fig. 5. When the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 5 the line is in position for receiving the clothes and after the clothes have been properly arranged .on

the line the parts are moved to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the window closed.

In forming the device'an outsideframe 6 is provided which may bemade of any desired material, 'asfor instance metal, and clamped to the window casing or building in any suitable manner, preferably by winged screws 7. vThis frame is provided'with an inclosure 8 for receiving the, spring pressed catch 9, or any desired construction pro.- vided with a suitable bolt adapted toengage the projection 10 on the arm 5. The upper part of the frame 6 is provided withajournal shaft 11 extending through a suitable aperture in the arm 5 so that it will pivotally support said arm. The arm 5 is provided with an upper looped member 12 for guiding part of theclothes line and a lower loop 13. The lower loop is associated with a pulley 14 over which the line passes. The line extends from the pulley 14 to a pulley 15 adjacent the loop 16and from thence out to the outside pulley 17 arranged on the post 18. In this way the inner end of the pulley line moves on the pulleys 14 and 15.,but is prevented from becoming disengaged therefrom, or prevented from leaving arm 5 by the loops 12, 13 and 16. Arm 5 is also provided with a section 19which is hollow and which accommodates the bar 20, which bar is I bent at one end for forming a handle 21 and bentat the opposite end for forming a clamping loop 22. Ordinarily the" loop 22 is arranged in an elevated position as shown in Fig. 5 when the arm 5 is in its inner position so that the lower run of the clothesline may move freely over the pulley 15 outwardly to pulley 17. In this way the party using the line may place the clothes on the line in the house if desired and force the clothes through the window outside toward the pulley 17. This will obviate the necessity of leaning out of the window when placing clothes on the line, and consequently will eliminate the .usual dangers of falling out.

After the line has been filled by the articles desired placed thereon handle 21 ismoved downwardly from the position shown 7 in Fig. 5 until it snaps beneath the hook 23,

V the catch 9. This will lock the arm in an outer position and will. swing the clamping loop 22 somewhat upwardly so that, both runs of the line will be about in the same plane and consequently the clothes held in proper position. This arrangement also prevents any appreciable sagging of the'lower run of the line and maintains the line in a taut condition notwithstanding the fact that the arm has been swung out through the win dow'to an outer position.

In order that the catch 9 may be easily actuated from a convenient point a rod 25 is connected with the bolt of said catch and is formed with a hand hold 26 which will permit it' being depressed for disengaging the extension 10, which will permitthe arm to swing in through the window and when again in a horizontal position the spring catch 4c will snap there-beneath and'prevent any downward movement thereof. The hook 23 is preferably a spring pressed. hook, though this is not essential as a suitable engagement of the hook with the handle 21' will hold the arm in place by reason of the strain on the arm.

In connection with the projection it will be noted from Fig. 4 that when. the arm 5 swings to its outer position that this projec{ tion will strike against a stop 27 extending from the frame 6 and that the bolt of the catch 9 will snap in'back of the projection 10 so as to lock the arm against further inward or outward movement.

What I claim is: r

1. Aeclothesline support of the character described comprising a frame adapted to be connected with the window casing exteriorly thereof, a swinging arm mounted on said frame near the upper end adapted to be swung 1n and out of the window, a spring pressed catch carried by said frame near the lower end positioned to interlock with the:

aid pulleys acting to space apart the incom ing and outgoing portions of the line and a 'pivotally mounted member car'riedby said swinging arm for engaging the outgoing portion of said line and moving the same toward the incoming portionsof said line,

said pivotally mounted member acting to hold said portions adjacent each other when the swinging arm is moved to an outer position.

2. A clothesline support comprising an arm for supporting one end of a pulley line, means for pivotally mountingsaid arm exteriorly of a windowin such'a manner as to be capable of swinging through the window, means for locking the arm exteriorly of the window, means for 'locking'the arm against movement when extending through the window, rotatable bar carried bysaid arm formed witha clamping hook at one end adapted to partially encircle and bring under tension said line when the arm is swung to an outer position, and means for locking said bar against rotation.

8. A clothesline support [comprising a frame adapted to be mounted exteriorly of a window, said frame having-a ournal member in the upper end, a projection near the; lower end, and a spring pressed catch ad a-[ cent said projection, an arm pivot-ally mounted on said journal memberadapted' to swing through said window, said arm being provided with a projection adapted to engage the first mentioned projection when swung to an outer position, said catch being designed to interlock with the projection on said arm and hold the same against the projection on the frame when the arm is in an outer position, means on the'arin for guiding'a pulley line, me'ans'for holding the arm against accidental movementwhen extending through said window, and means carried by the arm for malntainingthe line under. 

